Roman brooch or armor application

[dashunt]

Hello,

I can't identify my latest find (PoLand near Opole) so maybe here I will have more luck:). The only information that I get is that my find is very old and it looks like thing from Roman Empire? Something like brooch or emblem? Found by Teknetics Delta 4000 + 11''.

My first ideas was: Mjolnir, cross of st. Anthony...

Width: 25mm / height: 15 mm



Best regards,
DH

[Chef Geoff]

Hi Dashunt and welcome to DW
I think you could be right with it being a Tau cross but I have my doubts of it being from the Roman period, as this was the emblem of the Franciscans order of monks then my money would be on it being medieval, I would be interested in seeing a better (side on) pic of the attachment points though.
Well done on your find and I look forward to seeing more from Poland

[dashunt]

Thank You:)! The first Franciscans was settled in Opole (city near my find) on 1241. It's an interesting hypotesis... Photos in better resolution attached but sorry for my low photographic skills.

[Dryland]

Well found Dashunt and welcome to the DW Forum

[dingdong]

Well done Dashing,superb find.

[dashunt]

Thank You guys. Funny thing about is that my best finds I found 200 meters from my house (this cross too). It's a agricultural region, village with 30 houses but I found there piece of Roman coin, silver Prussian coins (1768, 1818, 1867), German coins, something with napoleonic eagle, Prussian buttons, shells of Mauser (WW1), russian shells (TT pistol/PPSh) (WW2).

History of my region is:
from 990 -  Poland
1526 - Habsburg Monarchy
1741 - Kingdom of Prussia
1871 - Deutsches Reich
1918 - Weimarer Republik
1933 - Third Reich
1945 - Poland
So it's a lot of possibilities:).

Greetings! (and sorry for my english)

[Neil]

Welcome to Detecting Wales Dashunt. Looking forward to seeing what turns up in your neighbourhood.

Thats an interesting find and don't worry your English is far better than my Polish!